To my way of thinking and working, the greatest service a piece of fiction can do any reader is to force him to lay it down with a higher ideal of life than he had when he took it up.
Gene Stratton-PorterI don't so much mind the falling, but I do seem to select the hardest spots to light on.
Gene Stratton-PorterNature can be trusted to work her own miracle in the heart of any man whose daily task keeps him alone among her sights, sounds and silences.
Gene Stratton-Porter